Thinking Of Alberto Vargas Today.

I’ll start things off with Tessa at her home in London. She had the most incredible wardrobe full of latex, roleplay outfits, cabinets of medical devices, and original art from her admirers. Censored for 17/12/2018.

A print ad put in the classifieds.  Only lonely men called.

The closest I ever came to Marilyn.

Spent some time with Shelbie Dimond in Paris last year. She told me great stories about her past life and how she’s always rolling the dice. You can find her on insta as @spookieshelbie where she sells her darkroom prints, Polaroids, books, and takes commissions.

Nina had cuts and scars down her arms… but I pretended not to notice. Its the shadow side I find most beautiful.

Made in remembrance of Trace Magazine’s issues of “Black Girls Rule”.

Madia in Milan. She opened her door nude, and had another photographer in the room packing up his gear. She ripped a bong while I loaded Polaroid. Her flesh pulling her in the opposite direction as she moved. Cutting through all that smoke was her beautiful face.

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I found her on tumblr where she was posting the most incredible self portraits.  I asked to take her picture and this is the first frame we took… such a beauty.

“Then He created a woman for Adam, from the earth as He had created Adam, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said “I will not lie below you.. for we are equal to each other inasmuch as we were born created from the same earth”. They would not listen to each other. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the ineffable name and flew away into the air” - from an anonymous medieval Hebrew text The Alphabet of Ben Sirach.

Every day there is additional proof that the very qualities we have historically been forced to deny - strength, power, and endurance - are inherent in women to the same extent as in men.  The truth is, we have a greater tolerance for pain than men; we have far greater endurance than men.  There is evidence that pound for pound we are stronger than men.

Lisa Lyon, “Body Magic”